InMode Korea: How to Tell Whether a Session Includes FX, Forma or Both

If you are looking into InMode in Korea, the first number you see is often a price per session. That figure is hard to compare until you know what the session actually contains. One Gangnam clinic, THE Beautiful Clinic, publishes a description of the two face handpieces it uses and a price list based on minutes rather than visits. Using that single clinic's published menu as a worked example, this guide explains how it describes FX and Forma, why time matters more than the word "session", and what to ask before you agree to a quote anywhere.

What FX and Forma mean on one clinic's InMode menu

THE Beautiful Clinic presents InMode as one of the lifting platforms it uses. But it doesn't describe InMode as one fixed treatment. Instead, it says the work is done with two handpieces that, in its words, "do different work, and most plans use both."

On this clinic's menu, InMode FX refers to the Mini FX handpiece. The clinic says this handpiece draws tissue in to reach the SMAS layer and uses it for contour, naming the jowl and the area under the chin as its focus. FORMA, as the clinic describes it, works on the dermis and is aimed at texture and fine lines across the face.

These are the clinic's own explanations of how it uses each handpiece. They are not independent evidence of what either one achieves. The useful point for anyone comparing offers is simpler: "InMode" on a treatment menu could mean one handpiece, the other, or a mix of both, and each of those can be priced and timed differently.

Why minutes and handpiece matter more than a session price

THE Beautiful Clinic's price list dated 20 August 2026 charges for face InMode by time on either handpiece: 99,000 KRW for 10 minutes and 149,000 KRW for 15 minutes, both before 10% VAT. On that list, the price for a given number of minutes is the same whether FX or Forma is used. A full-face programme that combines the handpieces has no fixed figure. The clinic says it is quoted at consultation.

The clinic also says the final figure is confirmed at consultation, after a 3D Meta-Vu scan and before any treatment starts. So even a published price is a starting point, not a final bill. Ask whether the amount you are quoted is the confirmed figure or an estimate that could change after the assessment.

The clinic gives the same advice for comparing prices between clinics: ask how many minutes a session holds and which handpiece is used. Its own guide to inmode korea pricing sets out the time-based table next to its FX and Forma explanation, which is a handy reference for what an itemised face menu can look like.

Remember that this is one clinic's list, dated to a single day. It is not a price for all of Korea, not an average, and not a promise that any clinic, this one included, will charge the same amount later. Treat the numbers as an example of how a quote can be structured, not as a benchmark you should expect to be offered.

Questions to ask before you accept an InMode quote

Before you agree to a price, try to get clear answers to a few basic questions, ideally in writing. Which handpiece or handpieces are included: Mini FX, FORMA or both? Which areas will each one treat? How many minutes go to each handpiece? Does the figure include VAT, or will 10% be added? And if the clinic suggests a combined programme, what is its separate price, and how does it compare with booking timed items one by one?

The clinic will ask you questions as well. THE Beautiful Clinic says its doctor checks how much of the lower face is fat and how much is loose skin before deciding anything. It adds that where a face is mostly loose skin with little fat, the doctor would rather lift than reduce. That describes one clinic's approach, not a rule for your face, but it gives you a fair question to ask: how does this clinic decide between InMode and a different device? The same clinic asks patients to share their full medical history, including any recent filler or medication, so it helps to write that list down before your appointment.

Language can be the hardest part of getting these details straight. If you are looking at inmode korea options with KCODI, which coordinates Korean skin clinic bookings and puts an interpreter in the consultation to confirm the product, dose and price, it says its quotes name the brand, the units or shot count, and the price. KCODI also notes that what clinics offer differs, so ask whether the specific clinic you have in mind offers this device at all, and how it itemises time and handpiece.

What a price list cannot tell you

THE Beautiful Clinic itself states that results and recovery vary between individuals, that every treatment can have side effects, and that prices are confirmed at consultation. A menu, however detailed, can't tell you whether a device suits your face. That is decided in an in-person assessment, and a dated list can change before you arrive.

So when you compare offers, pin down three things before you say yes: which handpiece or handpieces will be used, how many minutes each will run, and the final confirmed price, including whether VAT is added. With those three answers, a session price becomes something you can actually compare.